[Treatment of Ewing's sarcoma with special reference to radiotherapy]

The authors study 31 cases of Ewing's sarcoma. The survival after 5 years in only 25% for the initially localized tumors because lung and bone metastases finally develop in spite of any treatment. Polychemotherapy defers the appearance of metastases and increases the number of survivors. Patients being less than 15 years old offer a worst prognosis. The tumor localization, existence of general symptoms and their duration, and the alterations of the blood picture were not related with significant variations in the evolution of the Ewing's sarcoma in the studied cases. Probably the prophylactic irradiation of the lungs delays the appearance of metastases.